Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 7,318 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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C.R. Patterson & Sons Company (1893-1939)
California counties
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Luis Quintero (1726-1810)
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Fort Mose, Florida (1738-1820)
Frederick Patterson with Patterson-Greenfield Automobile
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Frederick Douglas Patterson (1871-1932)

Explore Global African History

Wayland Rudd and His Wife, Lolita Marksiti in Moscow, 1930
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Wayland Rudd (1900-1952)
Statue of Egyptian Pharaoh
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25th Dynasty, Ancient Egypt (ca. 746 BC to 653 BC)
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The Almoravids/al-Murabitun (1040–1147)
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Ruben Um Nyobè (1913-1958)

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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From the Slave Quarters to the Courtroom: The Story of the First African American Attorney in the United States
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The Washingtons of Wessyngton Plantation: One Tennessee Community’s Odyssey from Slavery to Freedom
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The African American Experience in Italy, 1852 to 2013
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The Association for the Study of African American Life and History: A Brief History

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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